Ladies of the Grand Tour
Subtitle: British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: November 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780060185435
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Women's Studies - History; History: World; Europe - General; History - General History; Women's Studies - General; Women travelers; Modern - 18th Century; History / Europe / General; Europe; 18th century; British; History
First sentence: UNBEKNOWN TO MARY BERRY, two days before she wrote to her confidant Bertie Greatheed in Gottingen, Admiral Nelson's fleet had destroyed Napoleon Bonaparte's army in the battle of the Nile, quashing the French Egyptian expedition and effectively ending French plans to aggravate Britain further by thrusting at India.